Des’s Father Character Analysis

‘You’ll have to watch this one, love,’ he said, smiling. ‘He can be a bit of a naughty boy.’

She’d smiled back at the time, she remembers. Felt herself as indulgent and forgiving and tolerant as his mother, like it was a club women belonged to. Staring at Des now, Michelle thinks that’s exactly what he looks like: a naughty boy. She pauses to make him look at her, refusing to smile.

‘You’ll have to watch this one, love,’ he said, smiling. ‘He can be a bit of a naughty boy.’

She’d smiled back at the time, she remembers. Felt herself as indulgent and forgiving and tolerant as his mother, like it was a club women belonged to. Staring at Des now, Michelle thinks that’s exactly what he looks like: a naughty boy. She pauses to make him look at her, refusing to smile.